Araceae

Amorphophallus tonkinensis Engl. & Gehrm.?

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’20’’N 105º36’06’E at elevation of about 750 m a.s.l. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb with erect inflorescence to 1 m tall in shady, humid rocky place. Peduncle dull olive green white spotted. Spathe pure light green, inflorescence axis pure white, male flowers white, female flowers light green. Occasional.

23 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2857.